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According to Politics and Laws Channel, a news channel in Changsha city, the incident took place on April 7 at a residential area in Yuhua district.

Mr Peng, a grandfather, admitted to the reporters that he was playing ball games with his two-year-old grandchildren, who is nicknamed Duo Duo.

Duo Duo walked along the L-shaped corridor fenced up by the window grille for over an hour. He kicked and picked up the ball as his grandfather passed it to him.

The boy walked back and forth on the corridor, which is covered by thin plastic sheets

Web users worried about the safety of the children as the adult was not aware of the danger

Peng said the children's parents work all the time, therefore, he takes up the responsibility of taking care of Duo Duo.

He also told the reporters that he added three to four layers of plastic laminate sheets on the metal bars so that they could hold 'heavy weight'.

'If you step on it, it's fine. I did some reinforcement at the bottom of the grille. But you're right, I should not let a children to stand on there and play,' Peng admitted to the local reporters.

The grandfather then turned to the toddler and told him that he would not be allowed to play outside the window again.

The grandfather admitted it was dangerous to do so, though he stressed that he had reinforced the window grille

Web users on Chinese social media showed their concerns towards the safety of the child.

Web user 'three mums' said: 'Whether or not the window grille is reinforced, adults should not let a young children go on there. Safety first!'

'If accident happens, then parents will be regretting on this,' said another user 'starrynightstarry'.

Last month, a three-year-old girl from southeast China's Jiangxi city had her neck trapped in the bars of a window grille. She was saved by a primary school boy who used his shoulders to stop her from hanging.

In April 14, 2016, another two-year-old girl died as she fell from a loose window grille when her mother was feeding her from indoor in central China's Changsha.